Be careful what you wish for—A retelling of a popular myth in the form of a mini-saga

Apollo’s gift of immortality, accepted with enthusiasm, turned out to be a double-edged sword; for although Sybil continued to age, she would not die, and shrank into a wizened homonculous, encased in a leather bag hung over the entryway of the temple shouting ominous imprecations at the supplicants passing below.